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remember, gwen, up until very recently, really up until the g.d.p. numbers were recalculated we were still talking about a recovery in much more glowing terms. we were still talking about unemployment as a lagging indicator. now the language has changed. the tone has changed. the white house itself has... is singing a very different tune because it's now clear there's no fundamental recovery. there are improvements but it's all painfully slow as the president himself acknowledged. >> ifill: and you believe they should be spending more money in order to overcome this rather than thinking about ways of cutting the amount of money that's going out the door with the deficit in mind. >> not just more money. it's really... we didn't have the sense of urgency that we had about saving wall street. you know, the famous weekend when everybody came together and they basically said "we can not afford to threat financial system collapse. we throw everything against the wall and see what works." we never did that. we never did things like a payroll tax holiday, th
remember, gwen, up until very recently, really up until the g.d.p. numbers were recalculated we were still talking about a recovery in much more glowing terms. we were still talking about unemployment as a lagging indicator. now the language has changed. the tone has changed. the white house itself has... is singing a very different tune because it's now clear there's no fundamental recovery. there are improvements but it's all painfully slow as the president himself acknowledged. >>...
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, jack hough of "smart money" magazine and karl case of wellesley college weigh the pluses and minuses of home ownership. >> brown: then we look at the record income gap between the richest and poorest americans. >> ifill: judy woodruff talks to alan cooperman of the pew forum on religion in public life about what americans know and don't know about religion. >> brown: special correspondent john tulenko reports on a college program that's raised graduation rates for minority students. >> some of these kids have lives that are so complicated that they need a lot more. that's what we do. >> ifill: and margaret warner speaks to two analysts about north korea's latest succession drama. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: on the surface, to
. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, jack hough of "smart money" magazine and karl case of wellesley college weigh the pluses and minuses of home ownership. >> brown: then we look at the record income gap between the richest and poorest americans. >> ifill: judy woodruff talks to alan cooperman of the pew forum on religion in public life about what americans know and don't know about religion. >> brown: special correspondent john tulenko...
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gwen: shaking things up. at the white house, on the economy. and at the united nations. who's asking, who's telling? we'll get to the bottom of it all tonight on "washington week." >> quite frankly i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration. and the mantle of change that i voted for. >> times are tough for everybody right now. so i understand your
gwen: shaking things up. at the white house, on the economy. and at the united nations. who's asking, who's telling? we'll get to the bottom of it all tonight on "washington week." >> quite frankly i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration. and the mantle of change that i voted for. >> times are tough for everybody right now. so i understand your